John Ratcliffe says FBI needs to ‘provide more visibility’ into potential voter fraud investigations
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe told Maria Bartiromo that the FBI should “provide more visibility” concerning investigations into claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
“Does anybody think that the FBI will bring anybody in to question? You did an investigation, a darn good one, throughout 2017 and 2018 about what the FBI and the CIA did to take down candidate Trump and worked with Hillary Clinton. Does anybody believe the FBI is actually going to bring these people in to question them to find out what they were doing with the suitcases of ballots? Do you think so?” Fox News’s Bartiromo asked Ratcliffe of Sunday.
“I have great confidence in our law enforcement authorities,” he responded, after noting that his role as director of national intelligence doesn’t include such responsibilities. “I really do, but I think they, to the extent that they are doing the things that they are supposed to be doing, they ought to provide more visibility to the American people about that because there’s so many questions and folks like you, Maria, that don’t see that that’s happening. They deserve an explanation to know that those types of investigations are taking place.”
Last week, a video was shown during a hearing before the Georgia Senate’s Government Oversight Committee that allegedly shows a Fulton County election supervisor pulling “suitcases” of ballots from under a table after poll workers were allegedly told to leave for the night.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp called for a signature audit of the ballots after the video surfaced, calling it “concerning.”
“We’re working right now, and hopefully the secretary of state will update us on exactly what was going on,” he said on Fox News last week.
However, other state leaders said the video does not show fraud.
“What the video shows is that they have pulled out plastic bins from underneath the desks,” Fulton Elections Director Rick Barron said. “It was normal processing that occurred there, as Gabe Sterling from the state explained this morning.”
Georgia Voting System Implementation Manager Gabe Sterling also said the video “shows normal ballot processing.
“The 90 second video of election workers at State Farm arena, purporting to show fraud was watched in its entirety (hours) by @GaSecofState investigators,” Sterling wrote on Twitter. “Shows normal ballot processing.”
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has remained steadfast that widespread caused the presidential election to tip in President-elect Joe Biden’s favor and called on Georgia’s legislators to appoint the state’s electors.
“You are the final arbiter of who the electors should be and whether the process is fair or not,” Giuliani said. “The other way to look at it is, it’s your responsibility if a false and fraudulent count is submitted to the United States government. And it’s clear the count you have right now is false.”
Attorney General William Barr said the Department of Justice found no evidence of widespread fraud last week.
“To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,” Barr said in an interview with the Associated Press.
“We’re working right now, and hopefully the secretary of state will update us on exactly what was going on,” he said on Fox News last week.
However, other state leaders said the video does not show fraud.
“What the video shows is that they have pulled out plastic bins from underneath the desks,” Fulton Elections Director Rick Barron said. “It was normal processing that occurred there, as Gabe Sterling from the state explained this morning.”
Georgia Voting System Implementation Manager Gabe Sterling also said the video “shows normal ballot processing.
“The 90 second video of election workers at State Farm arena, purporting to show fraud was watched in its entirety (hours) by @GaSecofState investigators,” Sterling wrote on Twitter. “Shows normal ballot processing.”
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has remained steadfast that widespread caused the presidential election to tip in President-elect Joe Biden’s favor and called on Georgia’s legislators to appoint the state’s electors.
“You are the final arbiter of who the electors should be and whether the process is fair or not,” Giuliani said. “The other way to look at it is, it’s your responsibility if a false and fraudulent count is submitted to the United States government. And it’s clear the count you have right now is false.”
Attorney General William Barr said the Department of Justice found no evidence of widespread fraud last week.
“To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,” Barr said in an interview with the Associated Press.
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